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A lack of physical maturity, coupled with the effects of a viral infection, meant that Lady
Capulet did not race as a two-year-old. Poor ground conditions hampered her training in the spring of 1977 and it was not until 13 May that she made her first racecourse appearance in the Irish 1000 Guineas
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outsider in a fourteen-runner field. After being restrained in the early stages Lady
Capulet moved up on the outside a quarter of a mile from the finish to dispute the lead with Bold Fantasy and Nanticious before accelerating away from her rivals. She won by three
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in which she was ridden by
Piggott. On this occasion, however, her lack of experience seemed to tell as she was beaten a head into second by Orchestration. Piggott was again in the saddle later that month when Lady Capulet started odds-on favourite for the
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Lady
Capulet never raced again after her defeat in the Pretty Polly and was retired from racing at the end of 1977 to become a broodmare. She produced at least thirteen foals and four winner between 1980 and 1996:
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over ten furlongs at the
Curragh. She failed to reproduce her best form and finished third, five lengths behind the winner Claire's Slipper, appearing to be unsuited by the distance and the
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winner
Orchestration started favourite ahead of Bold Fantasy, Lady Mere and Lady North with Lady Capulet starting a
272:. She was descended from the influential British broodmare Mistrella (foaled 1907) whose descendants have included
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189:. She was retired from racing to become a broodmare and made a major impact as the dam of the leading stallion
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Mahmoud, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree.
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organisation gave Lady
Capulet a rating of 116, seventeen pounds behind their top three-year-old filly
260:. Lady Capulet's dam Cap and Bells was a successful racehorse and broodmare. Her other foals included
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Lady
Capulet was a "lengthy, good-bodied, attractive" grey mare (originally described as "
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Portrait
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Royal College, bay colt, 1992, by Sadler's Wells. Failed to win in three races.
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Antonia Bin, grey filly, 1993, by Sadler's Wells. Failed to win in two races.
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In June the filly was sent to England and was made odds-on favourite for the
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ground. She was later found to have been suffering from a "blood disorder".
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and a head from Bold Fantasy and Lay Mere with Nanticious (later to win the
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Pia Tiara, bay filly, 1991, by Sadler's Wells. Won one race in Japan.
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was an American-bred colt who was trained in Europe and won
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181:on her debut before finishing second in the
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248:. Sir Ivor's other major winners included
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814:. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association.
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294:. With the stable's first-choice jockey
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302:winner Lady Mere she was partnered by
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276:winners Beam and Light Brocade.
459:. Failed to win in eight races.
416:. Won four races including the
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842:Racehorses trained in Ireland
424:, with his winners including
422:Leading sire in North America
402:Zakarif, bay mare, 1988, by
242:Washington D C International
213:she was offered for sale at
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687:"Lady Capulet pedigree"
323:) taking fourth place.
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290:over one mile at the
573:Cap and Bells (USA)
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298:opting to ride the
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735:"Sir Ivor profile"
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812:"Pia Tiara (IRE)"
737:. Claiborne Farm.
661:Lady Capulet was
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420:. Later the
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78:3 April 1974
22:Lady Capulet
530:Imperatrice
495:Sir Gaylord
397:Irish Derby
353:Dunfermline
258:Bates Motel
41:Sir Gaylord
826:Categories
758:2013-11-23
670:References
639:Mah Mahal
599:Alcibiades
566:Salaminia
464:Fairy King
439:. Sire of
406:. Unraced.
372:. Unraced.
343:Assessment
232:Her sire,
227:Ballydoyle
197:Background
160:116 (1977)
139:Major wins
648:Sun Briar
644:Sun Miss
592:Pharamond
560:Pharamond
389:Mill Reef
254:Cloonlara
238:The Derby
215:Keeneland
175:broodmare
37:Grandsire
633:Blenheim
615:Alpoise
609:Bull Dog
579:Tom Fool
556:Athenia
487:Sir Ivor
474:Pedigree
457:Caerleon
410:El Prado
370:Nonoalco
349:Timeform
274:The Oaks
250:Ivanjica
246:Kentucky
240:and the
234:Sir Ivor
211:yearling
191:El Prado
134:3: 1-1-1
59:Tom Fool
31:Sir Ivor
627:Mahmoud
545:Mahmoud
503:Turn-To
443:horses.
383:Shergar
377:Nureyev
317:lengths
209:. As a
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101:Breeder
83:Country
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551:Motto
404:Lomond
391:. Won
306:. The
152:Awards
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131:Record
91:Colour
75:Foaled
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111:Owner
778:ISBN
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95:Grey
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